RAYMOND BOGAN- COMMISSIONER ICCAT

RAY BOGAN WAS BORN INTO A FISHING FAMILY. HIS FATER AND GRANDFATHER WERE CAPTAINS, STARTING IN NEWARK BAY DURING THE THIRTIES AND AFTER MOVING TO THE JERSEY SHORE'S MANASQUAN INLET THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE FROM BOGAN'S DEEP SEA FISHING CENTER IN BRIELLE . THEY BOUGHT THE PARAMOUNT FROM THE GOVERNMENT AFTER IT WAS CONFISCATED FROM DUTCH SCHULTZ WHO WAS RUNNING RUM FROM CUBA. THEIR BOAT "THE JERSEY" IS A CONVERTED WWII PT BOAT. RAY IS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE ICCAT- THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTA TUNA (AND TUNA LIKE SPECIES) AND TRAVELS THE WORLD WHERE THE ICCAT ESTABLISHS FISHING QUOTAS.